1500. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. [ music ] >> big news out of washington today as jim demint the informal leader of the senate tea party caucus announced his resignation. he is going to step down and into the director's chair at the conservative think tank the heritage foundation. that position not only allows him to shape the conservative agenda from the outside. it also comes with a pretty significant raise. demint now makes $174,000 a year. he's got an estimated net worth of $65,000. so he's actually the fourth poorest senator right now according to open secrets. but at heritage, he's going to pull down a cool estimated million dollar salary. he told rush limbaugh that it's about principles not dollars saying quote, i believe that i can do more good for the conservative movement outside of the senate. of course he has done a lot for the movement inside the senate because through his senate conservative fund, he has cultivated a whole host of tea partyers, including tea party senators like ron johnson, mike lee, marco ru

heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. >> jennifer: back in march of 1984 the owner of the baltimore colts moved baltimore's beloved football team to indianapolis. he said he wouldn't do it but in the middle of the night 12 mayflower moving trucks were hired to tear out the region's heart and soul under cover of darkness. it was incredibly unpopular extremely underhanded. and it devastated the people. it even brought baltimore's mayor to tears. what's happening in michigan this week is no less deceptive no less devastating. the republican legislature is ramming unpopular bills down the people's throats. they're doing this in the murky undercover of darkness lame duck session is evidence enough of how unpopular it is. first it was the right to work bills and now it is bills that are restricting women's freedom to control their bodies and their healthcare choice. first the workers now the women. we can only wonder whose rights they're going to affect next. these bills this week, restrict access to abortion with strict l

suspension in the new 2013 ram 1500. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. >> the republicans in michigan have done a couple of steps. one, they redrew the district lines to help them in the next election. now they're trying to control the money flow to the democratic party to make it easier for republicans to stay in control. we're not going to let that happen. >> he said it well. that's right. the people of michigan are on to you, legislative republicans. but make no mistake about it. undoing this deed will be a tough battle because as much as it pains me to say it, democrats are very much in the minority in the michigan capitol. republicans control the house the senate, the governorship, the attorney general the secretary of state the supreme court. it is a bit of a different picture from a few years ago when i was governor and we at least controlled the house. but there is hope. this is a blue state. it went for the president by 9 points. so the question is how can the democrats recover a

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